Re: Radiocarbon dating of Shroud of Turin wrong?

From: Martin Edwards (buzzard554_at_fastmail.co.uk)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 08:51:29 +0000 (UTC)

Martin Reboul wrote:
> "William Black" <abuse@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ctb8dq$jng$1@news.freedom2surf.net...
>
>>"Michael Hopper" <mikehopper@rogers.com> wrote in message
>>news:MpWdnQigI6770WXcRVn-hw@rogers.com...
>>
>>>I see that Raymond Rogers is stating that the radiocarbon date for the
>>>Shroud of Turin made in 1988 was made on a repaired piece of the original
>>>cloth and not on the original material. He is claiming that the cloth is
>>>somewhere between 3000 and 700 years old.
>>>
>>>I await any response from those involved in the first study.
>>
>>You could have a longish wait.
>>
>>I imagine the response will wander along in due time and it will be on the
>>lines of:
>>
>>'Ok we'll do it again on another bit of cloth, can we borrow some sissors,
>>oh, and a chitty from the Vatican please...'
>>
>>However you're dealing with Oxford here, and an article in 'Nature'.
>>
>>Being accused of error isn't something they're terribly happy about,
>>especially when it comes from someone with 'history' on the subject.
>>
>
>
> http://www.shroud.com/meacham.htm
>
> Quite comprehensive...
>
> http://www.mcri.org/Shroud.html
>
> More succinct, and the truth I suspect. No blood - therein lies the key.
>
> http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20020819/shroud.html
>
> Here we have more KRS style wishful thinking revealed... the very words 'secret
> testing' make one either laugh or despair - or both.
>
> Let's face it, it looks medieval, it is covered in medieval paint and it
> appeared in medieval times. There is no blood, no Holy DNA and no indication
> that it is genuine, other than in the imagination of believers.
>
> So, we have to ask the question - where is the real one? Any ideas?
> Cheers
> Martin
>
Even assuming the stories are true, why would a piece of cloth survive? 

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